September 23, 2021

How to Write a Screenplay

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Breaking & Entering by Barri Evins

Breaking & Entering: Pizza Is The Key to Story – Part 3: Structure is the Cheese

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True Indie by Rebecca Norris

Creativity in the Time of Chaos

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Screenplays

UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Writing for Performance

Rated Q Ep #3 - SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
Film Reviews

Rated Q Podcast: "Sonic the Hedgehog" - Making Scenes Multi-Task For Maximum Impact

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Identifying Theme, Premise, Plot of Your Story

Consider Using a Controlling Theme as Your Creative Sherpa

MEET THE READER_ Don't Fool Yourself - Lies Screenwriters Tell Themselves
How to Sell a Script and Build a Screenwriting Career

MEET THE READER: Don't Fool Yourself - Lies Screenwriters Tell Themselves

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Film Reviews

UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: What Would Billy Wilder Do With a Pregnant Teenage Girl?

Subtext Turns Up The Volume in Screenwriting
How to Write Dialogue

Shh: Subtext - The Powerful Sound of Show Not Tell

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How to Write a Screenplay

MEET THE READER: Five Questions to Ask (and Answer) Before You Start Writing

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Film Reviews

UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Harley Quinn and Abraham Lincoln, Together at Last!

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Screenplays

SCRIPT SECRETS: Writing Epic Battle Scenes

Ray Morton shares advice on how to write what you know and twist it in a dramatic way to help your odds of crafting a story executives want to read.
How to Write a Screenplay

MEET THE READER: Write What You Know. Except …

_Don’t worry about getting it right - just focus on getting it written._
How to Sell a Script and Build a Screenwriting Career

AMA with a Pro: Screenwriting in a Global Pandemic and Beyond

Screenwriting In the Time of Crisis
How to Write a Screenplay

MEET THE READER: Screenwriting In Times of Crisis

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Screenwriter Interviews

INTERVIEW: "Sorry We Missed You" Screenwriter Paul Laverty

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How to Write a Screenplay

MEET THE READER: I Can Write Your Screenplay For You, Wholesale

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How to Sell a Script and Build a Screenwriting Career

MEET THE READER: Should I Write for Art? Or Commerce?

SHOW ME THE LOVE: Interspecies Love by Pamela Jaye Smith & Monty Hayes McMillan
Screenwriting How-To Articles

SHOW ME THE LOVE: Interspecies Love

COLUMN D: Becoming Adaptable - Adapting the Little Known Novel by Drew Yanno | Script Magazine
How to Write a Screenplay

COLUMN D: Becoming Adaptable - Adapting the Little Known Novel

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

DREAM CAREER TOOLKIT: Entertainment Careers - Are you falling for the myth of “easy?”

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

SPECS & THE CITY: Deus Ex Machina and 'Lord of the Rings'

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

SHOW ME THE LOVE: Revealing Character Through Love of Animals

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

WENDY'S LA4HIRE: Great Screenplay Writing Part 4 - Kill Exposition

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

WHY SPEC SCRIPTS FAIL: No Hooks